Registering-tag



(No Model.)

M. RAPHAEL.

REGISTERING TAG.

Patented July 12,1887.

lvi-hylraoo 0 a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MEYER RAPHAEL, OF PGRTLAND, OREGON.

REGISTERING-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,253, dated July12,1887.

App'icaiion filed November 12, IP86. Seria Nn. 21-,7lfi. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, MEYER. RAPHAEL, a cit izen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of One gon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering-Tags,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents a plan viewof a tag constructed according to my improvement. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section of the same.

This improvement relates toa tag designed to be used with bolts or rollsof cloth, and provided with a registering device for keeping an accountof the number of yards or quantity of cloth or other material sold offthe same, whereby it may be readil y seen how much material is leftunsold; and the invention consists in the peculiar combinations andconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described,and then definitely pointed out in the claims. 7

I will now describe one plan of carrying out my invention by referringto the accompanying drawings, in which- A represents a plate, formedpreferably of metal or of compressed card-board, having a countersunk ordepressed portion at a, in the center of which is pivoted a wheel ordisk, B, having several (preferably six) teeth, b, and a series ofnumerals-viz., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 0, if six teeth are formed on thedisk. Above the plate A and disk B is a plate, 0, secured fast to theplate A and covering the major part of said disk B, but having anaperture, 0, in its face, through which one of the numerals on said diskB may be seen. Pivoted to the center of the plates A and O is a pointer,D, having a stud or pin, (Z, projecting from both sides of the same, thelower end of which stud works in a groove, a, formed in the plate A. AtE is shown a protectingplate, which may not be necessary when the plateA is formed of metal; but if of paper or card-board the said plate Ewill be found to be very useful in protecting the plate Afrom breaking.The

extreme end of the pointer passes under the plate E, and it is thusprevented from bending upward and from catching the cloth. Around theplate A, oron the plate E, as desired, I

print, stamp, engrave, or otherwise mark a series of figures, from 1 to10, to indicate yards, and between each figure I make three lines toindicate the division of ayard. In thcplate O, I prefer to make acurvedor semicircular opening, a, through which will show a portion of theplate A, and around the edge of said openin g I engrave, stamp, print,or otherwise mark the following: Lot, Yds, 00st, Price. If the plate Ais made of paper or card-board, the number of the lot and the yards inthe piece and the cost and selling prices may be written on the sameopposite the appropriate words around the semicircular opening. If,however, the plate A be made of metal, a strip of paper may be insertedin the slot or opening 0, on which the figures may be written, and whichmay be secured there by cementing, or

I in any convenient way.

I design to use this tag in the following man ner: \Vhen a piece ofcloth is received, the number of the lot, the number of yards itcontains, and its cost and selling prices are marked on the semicircularspace, and the tag is then inserted between thefolds of the cloth. Whena portion is sold, the clerk who cuts it off turns the pointerto theright until it is opposite the line or figure indicating the quantitysold. If more than ten yards-say twelve is sold, the pin d, as it passesaround in the. groove a, comes in contact with one of the arms I) of thedisk B, and thus shows the figure l, which means 10, and the pointer isleft at the figure 2, which, added to the ten, makes 12. If anotherlotsay of eleven yardsis sold, the pointer is carried around again untilthe disk B is again moved so as to show the figure 2 thereon, and thepointer is left at the figure 8, which, added to the 20 represented bythe figure 2 on the disk, makes 23, showing that twenty-three yards havebeen sold. By subtracting this number from the number of yards noted onthe semicircular space it will be at once seen how much remains unsold;or the register may be used another way. When the goods are received,the register is set at the number of yards the roll contains, and thenas the pointer is moved to indicate the number of yards sold the figuresat which it is left will show how much remains on the roll unsold. Inthis case, however, the pointer must be turned inthe reverse direction,or the figures on the register must be made the reverse way from thatshown. It will thus be seen that I have produced an article that will bevery convenient to store-keepers and others, as'by its use the number ofyards sold and cut off from any piece of goods can be easily registeredand the number of yards remaining in the piece ascertained at once, thuskeeping a merchant or his clerks posted as to the quantity of goodsevery piece contains without having to measure the same while waiting onthe customer, and, moreover, it will save the tedious job of measuringevery piece of goods when taking stock. In some cases I may make anopening in the back of the plate A, as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 1,and slip a thin piece of cardboard between the two plates. WVhere morethan fifty yards are in a piece, I may use a largerregisteringdisle-such as is shown in dotted lines in the upper part ofFig. 1-'which may be numbered from 1 to O, in which case I may dispensewith the small disk; orI may provide said small disk with one toothlonger than the others, as shown at or, which may 0perate on the largewheel at every revolution. It is of course evident that any reasonablenumber of figures or divisions may be made on the plates or disks tosuit the varying circumstances of the case. I wish it to be understoodthat it makes no difference where the figures are placed, whether on theplates A or E, or even 011 the plate 0; but I prefer them made on theplate E. So far, however, as the effect produced is concerned, it makesno difference, and in either of the places named I should consider themas equivalent for the arrangement shown, as in each placethe plate Awould be provided with the figures, Whether they are made directly onsaid plate A or are made in a separate piece attached thereto.

What I claim as new is 1. In a merchandise-tag, the combination, withthe plate A and toothed disk B, each provided with suitable numbers, ofthe pivoted pointer D, provided with the pin d, for operating ontheteeth of the disk, substantially as described 2. In a merchandise-tag,the combination, with the plate A and toothed disk B, each provided withsuitable numbers, of the plate 0, partially covering the disk B, and thepivoted pointer D, provided with pin d, substan tially as described.

3. In a merchandisetag, the combination, with the plate A and tootheddisk B, each provided with suitable numbers, of the plate 0, partiallycovering the disk B and having,

an opening to allow of the marking of the number of yards, 850., andthe'pivoted pointer D, working over said plate 0 and provided with apin, d, to operate the disk B, substantially as described.

4. In a merchandise-tag. the combination, with the plate A and tootheddisk B, each provided with suitable numbers, of the protecting-plate Eand the pointer D, having a pin for operating the disk B, and its pointpassing under the protecting-plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 6th day of October, 1886.

I MEYER RAPHAEL.

Witnesses:

W. G. J ENNE, J. V. ALLEN.

